The Veteran's night sweats and headache disability are found to be related to his service, with no indication of undiagnosed illness or other special provisions.
The deciding factor: VA examiners determined that the Veteran's night sweats and headaches were directly related to his military service without attributing them to any specific exposure basis or presumptive conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Night sweats, Headache (migraine)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 15, 2012
- Citation
- 1221059
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